TIME released its list of the ‘100 Most Influential People of 2026’ on Wednesday, naming Pope Leo, US President Donald Trump, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, among others. Trump and Mamdani are among the top leaders in the TIME influential list. (Bloomberg) The list included other global leaders like Israel President Benjamin Netanyahu, US Secretary…
Pope Leo hasn’t been shy about expressing his views on the state of things in the United States. Mondadori Portfolio / Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images Right off the bat, in his first major interview after he was elected Pope, Leo said he was concerned about “some things going on in the States.” He added,…
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has intervened for the first time in an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church, raising the seeming contradiction over what it really means to be “pro-life.” Leo, a Chicago native, was asked late Tuesday about plans by Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich to give a lifetime achievement award to…
Our new 70-year-old, Chicago-born Pope, Pope Leo XIV, just took issue with exorbitant billionaire pay packages. He mentioned how the gap between the upper class and everyone else continues to widen, and specifically called out Elon Musk. He was reacting to a headline that some maniacs will cheer while the rest of us either groan…
By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo on Saturday appointed a French archbishop as the new leader of the Vatican’s commission on clergy sexual abuse, in the U.S. pontiff’s first public move to confront an issue that has damaged the global Church’s credibility. Thibault Verny, 59, will be president of the Pontifical Commission for…
VATICAN CITY (AP) — When Pope Leo XIV stepped out on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica to greet the crowd for the first time after his May 8 election, liturgical fashion aficionados around the globe took note: Gone was the simple white cassock and silver cross favored by Pope Francis. Back was the…
International development expert Zikora Ibeh wondered if Pope Leo XIV’s approach to LGBTQ+ issues will be similar to Pope Francis’ approach, because there is one group for whom the answer to this question can have serious consequences: queer Africans, according to New Ways Ministry. Writing in the journal International Politics and Society, Ibeh explained that Francis’ historic…